Trey is 7!!!

In June my middle boy turned 7!!!  We celebrated his special day at home with a good dinner and then on the weekend we celebrated at the bowling alley.

Trey's dinner of choice..steak, shrimp cocktail, potatoes, peas, and bread

Just a little excited about presents!

Ty and his obsession with making sure the paper gets into a trash bag!

Such a cute picture of him (and I love the proud big brother next to him)

All the bowling alley junk food he could eat

He had a great day!!!

And of course his favorite homemade ice cream cake!

Memorial Day camping trip 2013

This year we spent Memorial Day weekend at Rocky Mountain National Park.  It was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!  We had a blast hiking, exploring, and enjoying nature. 

Our Campsite

We always have the BEST camping food!

Trey was my kid that wanted me to take his picture every time we stopped.



So beautiful....the lake was still mostly frozen 

There was still quite a bit of snow!

We drove up one of the mountains, I think we were at about 11,000 feet

Yep, still a lot of snow for the last weekend of May

Don't worry this is a fake gun, but this picture is so Ty...do not mess with this boy!

Last day of the 2012-2013 School Year

The last day of Tucker's 2nd grade year and Trey's 1st grade year was a pretty good day for both of them.  They each earned another Gold Card.  And of course I am so proud of them for all their hard work!

Mother's Day 2013

In accordance to our Mother's Day tradition, my mom and I picked going on a hike to spend our special day!  It was a pretty good hike and we all enjoyed it!

Love these boys

Me and my crazies!

This boy wants to be just like his big brothers! 

Me and My mamma!

Zoo Day

In true Colorado fashion, 5 days after the huge snow storm, all evidence of snow was gone and we had a free day, so we ended up at the zoo.  It was a little chilly, but walking around kept us warm enough to enjoy.  We got to explore the new elephant exhibit and even watch an elephant training session.  It was a pretty great day at the zoo.

Ty being brave and feeding the giraffe

The kids watching the elephant training session

The big boys in the 'Madagascar' plane

The boys with their cousins...love these cuties!

May 1st = Snow Day

May 1st brought us a huge snow storm and a snow day for the kiddos!  And of course the boys enjoyed the snow and played outside for quite a while!  Gotta love the crazy Colorado weather!

My b-day ...things are a little out of order...

I was on my phone and realized that I missed out on pictures from my b-day back in March.  Kim and my birthdays are only 3 days apart so we celebrated together with a surf and turf dinner.  It was fun and delicious!!!  Oh and just so everyone knows I'm the younger one ;P

Ice Skating!

For Bella's birthday she wanted to go ice skating!  The boys had never been before and for me it's been over 10 years since I had been on the ice...luckily for me it's like riding a bicycle and I did fine once back on the ice.  The boys actually did pretty good!  Trey was nicknamed crazy legs because his legs just did funny things out on that ice, he had 2 huge bruises on the inside of his knees from the awkward way he skated using the bucket's assistance.  Tucker got frustrated because he didn't pick it up automatically and ended up falling quite a bit, but by the end of the session, he was working it out on his own (because he would just rather get frustrated and fall than take advice from anyone).  Ty actually really liked it, he did good on his own just pushing the bucket around, but it was much better if I just did all the work for him, so I spent much of the skating hunched over pushing him around in circles!  This is definitely something we want to go do again.

My baby's playing t-ball!!!!

That's right my baby played t-ball.  He was the youngest and smallest player on the team, but he did great!!!!  I was so proud of him and how far he came throughout the season (which games ran from the beginning of May to the end of June.)  I coached his team along with Kim and another dad and our team rocked it!!!  We all had a blast and Ty can't wait for next season!!!


  Ty is 'baseball ready'

It's a long run to 1st base!

His reward for playing so hard

It's always necessary to slide into home!

Yep that is me out there too!

 This is what baseball does to a 3 year old!

Easter 2013...at a glance